Sharing a photo of herself with a facial expression that basically said, nope, the Bravo's Top Chefjudge wrote: "When you see a white person on Halloween with an Afro wig and bronzer saying they're Colin Kaepernick." She added in the caption, "It's a no from me."

In the comments section, one follower confessed to feeling the same when people dress up as Pocahontas for Halloween. This is when Padma weighed in with a heartfelt, measured response:

"You know what? In the past I have been guilty of being Pocahontas for Halloween," Padma wrote. "I obviously didn’t need makeup but I don’t think I would do it today. That’s been my learning curve. I wish I could, but out of respect I don’t think I can knowing now how it makes others feel. I’ve worn headdresses that have been just copies of what I thought were extremely beautiful pieces but today I would really be hard pressed to do it again. Life evolves, and maybe put points of view will too but for now I think better to just have the discussion before we hurt others even if we don’t mean to."

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